John Lennon’s modest first home has sold for almost half a million pounds – despite going on the market for just £150,000.
The property at 9 Newcastle Road in Wavertree, Liverpool, where the Beatles star lived from his birth in 1940, went for £480,000 at auction in the Cavern Club.
An anonymous American fan of the Beatles placed the winning bid over the phone, exceeding the guide price set at between £150,000 and £250,000.
The then suburban red brick terraced home where Lennon’s mother Julia brought up her first-born son is just a stone’s throw away from Penny Lane, which inspired the famous Beatles track.
It boasts a lounge, upstairs family bathroom, a sitting room, family room and kitchen which leads to a walled yard round the back.
Lennon made reference to the house later in life, and was quoted as saying: “I lived in 9 Newcastle Road. I was born on the 9 of October. It’s just a number that follows me around.”
The previous owner told the Liverpool Echo: “I’ll be sad to leave John Lennon’s first home but I am retired now and would really like a property with a bigger garden.
